http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—A New York federal appeals court says environmental activists can try to prove that a chemical found in some soaps is potentially dangerous. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ny-court-group-sue-soap.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:09:10 EST news282582542 Scientists at the University of Warwick and consumer goods manufacturer Unilever are joining forces to identify whether the nutrients in everyday fruit and vegetables could help to improve people's cardiovascular health and protect them from Type-2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fruit-vascular-health.html Health Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:16:07 EST news272877345 A new study at Karlstad University in Sweden shows that phthalates from PVC flooring materials is taken up by our bodies. Phthalates are substances suspected to cause asthma and allergies, as well as other chronic diseases in children. The study shows that children can ingest these softening agents with food but also by breathing and through the skin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-phthalates-pvc-floors-body-infants.html Health Wed, 23 May 2012 09:54:57 EST news256985674 Most synthetic chemical products used in consumer goods end up unchanged in the environment. Given the risks this could pose for the environment and human health, researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have developed a new tool to effectively predict what will happen to current and future pharmaceutical products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-environmental-effect-pharmaceutical-products.html Other Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:01 EST news231063740